Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 4372
✧ The virtue of the intellect, which is among the great favors by which Allah has honored His servants
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ بِخَطِّ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْمُسْتَمْلِي، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أَحْمَدَ الْفَرَّاءَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ عَثَّامٍ،
يَقُولُ: " إِنَّمَا أُخِذَ الْعَقْلُ مِنْ عِقَالِ الْإِبِلِ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهَا تَنْزِعُ مِنْ أَوْطَانِهَا فَتَشْرَدُ فَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَوْطَانِهَا فَكَذَلِكَ الْعَقْلُ يَعْقِلُ صَاحِبَهُ " قَالَ عَامِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ: " إِذَا عَقَلَكَ عَمَلُكَ عَمَّا لَا يَنْبَغِي فَأَنْتَ عَاقِلٌ "
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machine translationAbū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us, he said: I read in the handwriting of Abū ʿAmr al-Mustamlī: I heard Abū Aḥmad al-Farrāʾ say: I heard ʿAlī b. ʿAththām,
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He would say: "Reason (ʿaql) is only derived from the tethering (ʿiqāl) of camels, for they are pulled away from their home lands and run off, then return to their home lands. Likewise reason restrains its possessor." ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. Qays said: "If your deed restrains you from what is not fitting, then you are a person of reason."
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